Armenia’s population declines by 10,000 since beginning of 2013November 1, 2013 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s population declined by 10,000 people as of October 1, 2013, since the beginning of the year, ARKA reports. As of October 1, number of population was 3,017,000 people, of them 1,913,400 living in towns and 1,103,600 being rural residents. According to the National Statistical Service, negative migration balance exceeds the population growth. Armenia’s border e-management system database points to a total of 3,668,400 trips through the country’s checkpoints in January-September. Number of arrivals in the country totaled 1,780,206 in the reporting period (increase of 11.6% against January-September 2012); number of departures was 1,888,183 (11.5% increase). Passenger traffic balance (difference between arrivals and departures) was 122,200 trips (increase of 11.7%). Number of children born in the nine months dropped by 1.9% to 30,477, compared to the same period in 2012. Number of deaths declined by 3% to 20,268. As Gagiik Makaryan, the chairman of the Union of Employers of Armenia, said in October, only 2-3% of migrants return to Armenia for permanent residence. Related links: Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |